Sacramento-Shasta Chapter of The Wildlife Society: Academic Research Scholarship Grant

The Sacramento-Shasta Chapter of The Wildlife Society offers an Academic Research Scholarship aimed at supporting students pursuing wildlife biology. Applicants must demonstrate commitment to wildlife biology and provide evidence of financial requirements, academic achievements, and extracurricular activities. The scholarship aims to cultivate future TWS members and promote a responsible, engaged community of wildlife professionals.

Background
The Sac­Shasta Chapter Board has been very active in providing financial support pertaining to wildlife issues. In 2004, the Board agreed that a scholarship program would be of benefit to the wildlife biology academia.
Academic & Research Scholarship Goals:
The Chapter’s goals are to assist deserving students with their study, research or financial need efforts. Our wish is to invest in worthy students in a manner that will build strong, future TWS members and a professional community. To assist with filling out the application, applicants are referred to the follow definitions and application requirements:

• Financial Need ­

The Chapter wishes to assist students with legitimate financial needs. To this end, applicants should provide a written narrative of the steps they have taken to fund their college education and how the TWS scholarship would factor into their educational or research budget for the time period covered by the award.
“Deserving students”
Deserving students are those that have shown through their academic performance, research, and related activities that they are fully­engaged in preparing for a career in wildlife biology. Deserving students are also those that have a track record of taking care of their own economic situations, as much as possible. Besides each application’s grammar and appearance, documents showing academic achievement (transcripts) and any extracurricular biological involvements will be strongly considered by the TWS Scholarship Committee.
“Investment” concept
The Chapter wishes to convey the notion that by providing a scholarship or grant to a student, there are certain expectations. First, the grantee is responsible, in the future, to participate in professional programs. Specifically, it is hoped that each grantee will belong to TWS and use their knowledge, experience, and professional networks to help students and young professions.